KAMEHAMEHA BATTLE of NUUANU HAWAII By JULIETTE MAY FRASER 1972 ETCHING Framed EX

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THIS IS AN ORIGINAL ART PIECE (Not A Copy) / ARTIST SIGNED / COMES WITH DOCUMENTATION PAGE FROM THE HONOLULU PRINTMAKERS CATALOG / MINT CONDITION DOUBLE MATTED & FRAMED.
1972 / JULIETTE MAY FRASER / Title: Battle of Nuuanu / Etching / 16 x 10 7/8 / Double Matted: White Outside Margin With Dark Gray Inline /
Frame Measures 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 /
MINT CONDITION
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The Battle of Nuʻuanu______
The Battle of Nuʻuanu
began
Kamehameha's forces landed on the southeastern portion of Oʻahu near Waiʻalae and Waikiki. After spending several days gathering supplies and scouting Kalanikupule's positions, Kamehameha's army advanced westward, encountering Kalanikupule's first line of defense near the Punchbowl Crater. Splitting his army into two, Kamehameha sent one half in a flanking maneuver around the crater and the other straight at Kalanikupule. Pressed from both sides, the Oʻahu forces retreated to Kalanikupule's next line of defense near Laʻimi. While Kamehameha pursued, he secretly detached a portion of his army to clear the surrounding heights of the Nuʻuanu Valley of Kalanikupule's cannons. Kamehameha also brought up his own cannons to shell Laʻimi. During this part of the battle, both Kalanikupule and Kaiana were wounded, Kaiana fatally. With its leadership in chaos, the Oʻahu army slowly fell back north through the Nuʻuanu Valley to the cliffs at Nuʻuanu Pali. Caught between the Hawaiian Army and a 1000-foot drop, over 700 Oʻahu warriors either jumped or were pushed over the edge of the Pali (cliff). In 1898 construction workers working on the Pali road discovered 800 skulls which were believed to be the remains of the warriors that fell to their deaths from the cliff above.
HISTORY of HONOLULU PRINTMAKERS______
The Honolulu Printmakers was established in 1928 by Charles W. Bartlett, John Melville Kelly, Huc-Mazelet Luquiens and Alexander Samuel MacLeod. It has developed the tradition of the “gift print”, a print commissioned for sale as a fundraiser at the organization’s exhibitions. The 75th anniversary of the organization was celebrated with a retrospective exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art and an accompanying catalogue, A Tradition of Gift Prints.
Honolulu Printmakers is a non-profit organization of Hawaii-based printmaking artists that operates a printing studio open to the community. It conducts public exhibitions, lectures, demonstration, workshops, and an outreach program in local intermediate and high schools. The organization holds an annual juried print exhibition.